Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-05-18

The funeral of Kittie Wallbaum, which
occurred at 8 p N. to-day, was largely
attended. Services We're conducted in
Christ chuten by Rev. G. I'll, BONN.
The county commissioners are IN SEES
eicn to-day opening the bids which have
been made for an iron bridge across the
Dakota river near GAINESVILLE. There
are nine bidders and their propositions
are 50 carefully prepared that all day
has been spent in deciding.
The time schedule on the mail route
bet Reen Aten and Creighton has been
changed and now stands as follows:
Leave Creighton Mondays, Wednesdays
and Fridays at Z a. M; arrives at Asen
by $50 p, m. Leave Aten Tuesdays,
Thursdays and Saturdays at Z q. M;
arrive at Creighton by $50 p. m.
A meeting of the temperance workers
is called for Saturday afternoon of this
week al the Methodist church in this
city, 1t is expected that every voting
precinct in the county will be repre-
sented By one or two delegates. Ibe
object OF the meeting is to arrange plans
tfor the county local option campaign.
What may be regarded as the closing
chapter of an interesting story OF lie IN
the far west Is given in the departure OF
John j. Dntfaok for Seattle, Washing
ton territory, this morning. Mr.. Dntfack
has gone, but Is not forgotten. lie has
shipped o considerable number of boxes
of goods from this city Of late and leaves
some debts unpaid, we are told.
Fred Schnauber is interesting himself
in Carl Hands suggestion that the chalk
rock and blue clay OF this section will
make a superior quality OF Portland
cement, He has an abundance of the
raw material on his farm and in time be
may become the proprietor of a cement
factory. Something of this sort is well
worth serious thought and thorough
investigation.
From Nebraska papers we CLEAN the
information that Charles Presho made
his escape from the Lincoln insane nsy-
lum last Sunday night aud subsequently
laid down on the track OF the Union
Pacific railroad where he was run over
by a passenger train end killed. Mr.,
Presho was q former well kaown resident
of this CITY, q con OF j. s. Presho, who
still resides here. Charles Presbo was
. q veteran soldier and had served IN
zu;lt, ap1 Irau- a panpinn
The Benton Harbor michigan Palla.
/ dunn of May 18th contains the follow.
ing relative to q former receiver OF the
!, Yankton land office: "The two son Of
8 Judge Bayless are in the city, called by
t the dangerous illness OF their father
Mr.. Alexander 81. Bayiess resides il
: Kansas City and MIR. Samuel l.. Bayles'
in Minneapolis, MINI. DR.. George Bel
has been IN close attendance on Judg'
Baylesa for two weeks, his skill beini
aided by the careful and constant nurs'
ing of Mrs. Bayless."
Company E, the prize military com
= pany of the national guard OF Dakota, !
taking to itself q new lease of life and q
: the encampment this year Yankton vii
be represented by a company of fort
well drilled men. Last night a specie
az meeting was held at the armory for tn
purpose OF receiving recruits. Their
was a large attendance and the compan
will soon be in first class shape. Lib
new militia law is stringent enough t
ar make home soldering q business instea
of a sort OF picnic and rewards will /
given to those who make clean record
each year. A regular drill meeting WI
be held on Monday evening next at tt
armory.
d.. Wilcox, proprietor OF the Mo
~ rison house, has spent his spare momen
Tor a year past in learning telegraph
az and is now able to send and receive WI
ce considerable alacrity. He has o wi
be running from q neighboring house I'M
~ the hotel office, and it is his habit
All practice when at leisure. Last evenii
'iy he had some spare time and sitting doS
'he he began. In the Office were seve,
Justices OF the supreme court who we
chatting and laughing good naturally
that Mr. Wilcox was disturbed. He so
NO became annoyed, and sent over the Wi
He in the mystic language of the ticks
nd the sentence: .'rheae blank iude
make SO much noise, / can't hear"
to- voice from behind, "we do, do we
~ -k..kJ.l NF, NIilnny aud HI lnDR
out startled Mr. HAcoA' anu he iooh
rail around only TO be heartily laughed
One of the judges Understood the W
talk himself.
zed Arpport of q mysterious disappearai
lies reached Yankton from GAINESVILLE, t
county, to-day. Michael Stohller,
ed baskerville, who will be remembered
me- having been sent to the penitentif
and from Yankton two years ago for Retti
into trouble with his step daught
us has been in the habit Of late of dong
ion. great deal of fishing in the James riy
bid. near GAINESVILLE. On Saturday nj
liant last he left home for the river to ret
on Sunday night. He failed to re
Ahome at the appointed time and q sea
and was instituted which resulted in find
will MIR. Stohller's seiues. lines and other t
,rist ing tackle on the bank of the river
no Stohller was to be found. He
sne- been IN the habit of slowing his fist
CITY tackle away in q %neighboring shed
the the fact that the ousnt was ieis on
van, bank conveys causes a iear 'hse ne